Being from Germany myself, I think the anti-nuclear movement in Germany that was against nuclear weapons on German soil was also very much against nuclear power plants because they saw the connection. To me that seems one of the reasons why Germany is much more anti-nuclear than other EU countries.
As far as the substance goes, nuclear power plants being dual-use is not the biggest concern. The biggest concern is that uranium enrichment is dual-use. A facility that can enrich uranium enough to be useful for nuclear reactors can also be used to enrich it to be weapon-grade.
When thinking about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program, people thought about making a deal where Iran can have nuclear power plants but no uranium enrichment facilities and gets the enriched uranium from the outside, because the uranium enrichment facilities are the key concern.
Being from Germany myself, I think the anti-nuclear movement in Germany that was against nuclear weapons on German soil was also very much against nuclear power plants because they saw the connection. To me that seems one of the reasons why Germany is much more anti-nuclear than other EU countries.
As far as the substance goes, nuclear power plants being dual-use is not the biggest concern. The biggest concern is that uranium enrichment is dual-use. A facility that can enrich uranium enough to be useful for nuclear reactors can also be used to enrich it to be weapon-grade.
When thinking about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program, people thought about making a deal where Iran can have nuclear power plants but no uranium enrichment facilities and gets the enriched uranium from the outside, because the uranium enrichment facilities are the key concern.